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'Putin: The New Tsar' is 2018 a documentary produced by OxfordFilms/BBC and directed by Patrick Forbes, airing on BBC2. It discusses Vladimir Putin's rise to power. Interview subjects include politicians and non-politicians, with some being Russian and others being foreigners.
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Among the participants are Garry Kasparov, a chess prodigy; Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oligarch; Sergei Pugachev, who was in Putin's power network;[ Ksenia Sobchak, a member of Russian high society;][ Ian Robertson, a psychologist from Trinity College Dublin; and Jack Straw, a British politician.][ Robertson stated that Putin's experience in a high political position "profoundly changed" his brain.][
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Ed Power of 'The Daily Telegraph' stated that 'Putin: The New Tsar''s "true purpose was to place in historical context Putin's unlikely rise from provincial obscurity in St Petersburg" to being the President of Russia.[ It was produced prior to the 2018 Russian presidential election. Power stated that it "fleetingly touched upon" allegations of Russian agents attacking enemies of the Russian government outside of Russia.][
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Reception
Sam Wollaston of 'The Guardian' gave the film four of five stars and stated that 'Putin: The New Tsar' "could almost be funny if it weren't so scary".[
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Power gave the film four of five stars. He stated that "an attempt to diagnose Putin as an addict to absolute power" as the film's "biggest error".[ He concluded the film was "otherwise an exemplary portrayal of" Putin.][
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The 'Moscow Times' praised the dispassionate tone in the narrator and the "[crisp] and [coherent]" pace.[ It criticised the "clichd title", the lack of coverage of Russian political opposition, and overstating the level of support Putin has among Russian citizens.][ The paper concluded that 'Putin: The New Tsar' is "very much worth tracking down and talking up."][
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